Grand Groove - Us3

Since before my adolescence remembrance of you commence

Will never forget how you taught a scrub to catch and connect

With pitchin', we’d sit and watch the Mets and Yankees

As bad as I was, can’t remember if ya spanked me

While babysittin' this nigga, you became a father figure

Mowed the lawn with ya whenever, bourbon was your liquor

Who’d figure the strongest man I knew could have a bad ticker

And the last time we’d see each other was Christmas '95

Without ever havin' a chance to say goodbye

You left the summer of '96, the 1st of July

Now reside in peace, released from all the pressure and pain

Your grandson proclaim the name, Nelson forever reigns

Grand Groove, king of my crew

Grand Groove, I dedicate this to you

You moved from Queens to Tennessee when in my mid-teens

Later Atlanta, adopted Eileen when she was umpteen

Provided cream for your fam for years, retired

Now I understand what it is to be a man upon this planet

Took for granted the times you’d trip to NY on vacation

Thinkin' you’d be around for ever, probably neglected you

Unconsciously, the thought of me MCing made ya bug

Vividly at times imaging our last hug is bugged

Don’t seem to realize you ain’t comin' back, a routine check

How, while getting' dressed, did stress give you a heart attack?

Now reside in peace, released from all the pressure and pain

Your grandson proclaim the name, Nelson forever reigns

Grand Groove, king of my crew

Grand Groove, I dedicate this to you

We laughed for hours when you fell from off that bicycle

'Til tears trickled down my face, memories never erased

Laced with wisdom reflect up on my upbringing

Remember, you never missed a day

My school had me singing «Forever in my heart»

Never forget how much I love you

Thinkin' of you I miss the times together where it’s better

You now reside in peace, released from all the pressure and pain

Your grandson proclaims the name, Nelson forever reigns

Grand Groove, king of my crew

Grand Groove, I dedicate this to you

Grand Groove, king of my crew

Grand Groove, I dedicate this to you